Italy has been put into total lockdown over coronavirus. From Tuesday until April 3, Italians will only be allowed to leave their homes for urgent health and professional reasons
ROME — The Italian government has taken the unprecedented measure of limiting movement for 60 million people in an effort to contain the spread of coronavirus.
Meanwhile, restaurants and cafes must observe a 6 p.m. curfew and large gatherings, including those outdoors, will be forbidden. "The situation risks going out of control and these measures are necessary to keep the spread at bay," Ricciardi, who is also a member of the World Health Organization's European advisory committee, added.
The extreme containment measures have already had a catastrophic effect on Italy's transport and tourism sectors, with the industries looking at billions in lost profits for this quarter. Overall, the Italian treasury expects the outbreak to have extremely negative effects on the economy, which is likely to plunge into a recession.
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